Still standing tall on top of the box-office weekend countdown was Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, which held onto first place for the second week in a row. The latest offering of the “Fast & Furious” franchise took in $25.4 million this weekend, giving it a two-week tally of $108.5 million and an ever-so-slight first-place finish over newcomer Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, which debuted with $20.8 million.
The third film to debut this week, the drama The Art of Racing in the Rain, took in $8.1 million amidst generally positive reviews from both critics and audiences alike allowing it to land in sixth place. Meanwhile, The Kitchen also debuted, earning $5.5 million and not so positive reviews and a seventh-place finish, which suggests it might just make a quick exit from the top ten. Spider-Man: Far from Home plummeted from fourth place to eighth over the weekend, taking in $5.3 million. This gives the film a six-week cumulative total of $371 million. Following Spidey down the top ten, from fifth to ninth, was Disney’s Toy Story 4, which took in $4.4 million over the weekend, giving the Pixar/Disney behemoth a cumulative eight-week total of $419.6 million.
Finally, the documentary on South Korean boy band BTS, Bring the Soul: The Movie, managed to finish in the tenth spot with $2.3 million in its first week of release (though some sources cite The Farewell as finishing slightly ahead of that [see below]).
Among the several films leaving the top ten this weekend, were: the Beatles-inspired love story Yesterday, which leaves with a total of $70.5 million since being release in late June; the aforementioned The Farewell, which boasts a cumulative total of $10.3 million; the horror-film, Crawl, which has brought in $38.1 million since opening on July 12; the Disney hit Aladdin, which has tallied $352.8 million since opening way back in May; and the disappointing Annabelle Comes Home, which sports a tally of $72.1 million since being released at the end of June.
Weekend Box-Office (August 9th – August 11th)
- Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw…$25.4 Million
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark…$20.8 Million
- The Lion King…$20 Million
- Dora and the Lost City of Gold…$17 Million
- Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood…$11.6 Million
- The Art of Racing in the Rain…$8.1 Million
- The Kitchen…$5.5 Million
- Spider-Man: Far from Home…$5.3 Million
- Toy Story 4…$4.4 Million
- Bring The Soul: The Movie…$2.3 Million
As is usually the case throughout the summer, next weekend looks to provide us with another volatile shakeup of the box-office weekend as four new films are currently scheduled to be released, including Sony’s The Angry Birds Movie 2, which will release early on Tuesday. Then, on Friday, we’ll see the arrival of 47 Meters Down: Uncaged from Entertainment Studios; Universal’s Good Boys; Where’d You Go, Bernadette? from United Artists Releasing; and Warner Brothers’ Blinded by the Light.
Mike Tyrkus
Latest posts by Mike Tyrkus (see all)
- Box-Office Weekend: Venom Stays on Top - November 3, 2024
- Box-Office Weekend: Venom Takes Over - October 27, 2024
- Box-Office Weekend: Smile, You’re in First - October 21, 2024